The GoFas No. 32 was going to be all white for the TicketGuardian 500k until these three NASCAR drivers, along with others, chipped in. Additionally, the tweet generated leads that might provide money later in the season. DiBenedetto will be driving with a grateful spirit, but he might give Hamlin and Harvick a little extra room on the track.

Kevin Harvick was docked the seven playoff bonus points he earned at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and 20 championship points because a rear brace broke during the race and did not meet specifications afterward, according to NBC NASCAR Talk. He will get to keep the win as part of his qualification to make the playoffs, however.

The team insists the failure did not provide an advantage and is considering whether or not to appeal. Bonus points persist through the first three stages of the playoffs and those seven points could play a critical difference.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Rowan Pennink won't be in the lineup when the series kicks off the 2018 season March 17 at Myrtle Beach Speedway.

Pennink revealed exclusively to RaceDayCT on Wednesday that he recently had emergency surgery involving a pair of herniated discs in his back that will force him to miss the Performance Plus 150 at Myrtle Beach Speedway. Pennink said he doesn't expect the Boehler Racing Enterprises team to be at the Myrtle Beach event with another driver. Depending on his recovery, Pennink said he may also miss the second event of the Whelen Modified Tour season on April 8, the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway.-RaceDayCT

In his last 18 races (a rolling half season), AJ Allmendinger has earned only two top-10s and accumulated an average of 23.2. Both top-10s came on wild card tracks.

We expected 'Dinger to struggle some when the JTG-Daugherty Racing operation expanded to two cars, but he should be contending for more top-15s. His pair of top-10s came on the road course of Watkins Glen International and the superspeedway of Daytona International Speedway with just one other top-15 at Homestead-Miami Speedway last fall. Evaluate him only for the next few weeks.

Austin Dillon has garnered a lot of attention following his Daytona 500 win, but Fantasy NASCAR owners need to be prepared for him to finish in the teens at Ingenuity Sun Media Raceway.

While Dillon has one top-10 in the past three years at Phoenix, his typical result is between 14th and 20th with four efforts landing in that range. His predictability makes him a slightly better value if he qualifies in the back half of the field because he will most likely earn place-differential points.

Before Fantasy NASCAR owners get overly excited about Martin Truex Jr.'s third-place finish in last fall's Can Am 500k, they should be aware it was his first top-five on this track in eight years.

His most recent top-five before that came in fall 2009 and he has accumulated an average finish of 17.7 in the intervening races. Truex will probably manage to score a top-10 this week, but there are much better venues for him.

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